【Guest】Zhang Jiuliang: Former Deputy Director and Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiology of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine of China-Japan Friendship Hospital
【Keywords】high blood pressure, swollen hands in the morning, sores on the mouth and tongue, kudzu, hypnotic acupoint, antihypertensive acupoint
Traditional Chinese medicine has long understood the arterial blood vessels described in Western medicine, and believes that they are the main components of the meridian system, and their function is to "promote qi and blood, and promote yin and yang".
The blood pressure of Western medicine is one of the main manifestations of the functional state of the meridian system of traditional Chinese medicine when it runs qi and blood, and the rise and fall of blood pressure is the change of the state of the meridians. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, hypertension is caused by the hardening of the meridians and the abnormal increase in the amount of blood in the meridians.
Traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis is to observe the internal situation of the human body through the window of the pulse: compared with healthy people, the pulse of people with high blood pressure often presents an abnormal firmness, and the term of pulse diagnosis is called "big string force".
In addition, the cold winter will make the pulse firm and obvious, and the meridians of people with high blood pressure are equivalent to "hard" and "hard", so blood pressure will be more difficult to control, and subsequent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events are more likely to occur. Therefore, at this time, it is more important to regulate the blood veins and stabilize blood pressure.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the common pathogenesis of hypertension is mainly related to the three internal organs, and their abnormal states will cause an abnormal increase in the amount of blood in the meridians, resulting in hypertension. Many people say that they can't control their blood pressure well, and it is very likely that they are not looking for the visceral problems corresponding to their high blood pressure.
Hypertension may be caused by the "heart disease" in traditional Chinese medicine: the heart, as the commander, is responsible for the operation and distribution of blood in the body, if the heart disease is yang, the meridians and blood surge, resulting in an abnormal increase in the blood volume in the meridians, and the ability of the liver to store blood is reduced, and hypertension occurs.
Director Zhang often uses the addition and subtraction of Dao Chisan in clinical practice to regulate this kind of hypertension, and special attention should be paid to the use of Baimutong in the prescription, and Guanmutong must not be used, which may lead to kidney damage. It is best to go to the hospital and ask a doctor to help prescribe it.
At the same time, you can also add external treatment methods to press and knead two acupuncture points:
1. The "hypnotic acupoint" of the human body - Shenmen acupoint. Use the pads of your thumb to press and rub the Shenmen acupoint for 1 minute each time, 2-3 times a day.
2. The body's own "antihypertensive acupoint" - Quchi acupoint. Use your thumb to press and knead the Quchi acupoint, with local soreness as the degree, 3 minutes each time, 2-3 times a day.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "spleen disease" and "liver disease" can also lead to the occurrence of high blood pressure and is difficult to control. You can tell the difference by these symptoms:
Spleen disease: overweight/obesity, sticky stools, dizziness, unrefreshing, head wrapping, swollen hands in the morning.
Liver disease (yang and yin deficiency): dizziness, headache, dreaminess, irritability.
【Expert Visiting Hours】
Zhang Jiuliang: Department of Integrative Cardiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Monday afternoon, Wednesday morning
Jiang Guochen: Beijing Huaxin Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University), Monday and Thursday all day, Wednesday and Friday morning
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